Every year, we learn more about how animals communicate with each other. Research shows that elephants greet each other by ...

Many animals show signs of high intelligence, including strong memory, self-awareness and communication skills.

Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...

In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

Cornips believed that cows possessed the intellect and social behaviours to be useful research subjects for linguists. As a ...

Researchers are competing for multi-million dollar rewards in a race to be the first to develop AI that enables real-time ...

From alarm calls to mating signals, animals rely on vocalizations and body language to interact with one another. But can ...

The origins of human language remain mysterious. Are we the only animals truly capable of complex speech? Are Homo sapiens ...

A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.

Two studies reveal that the communication systems of most cetaceans examined adhere to the principles of efficiency and ...

In the early 1970s, engineers listening for Russian submarines started detecting strange underwater signals. Using ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...